(2012-06-30) A month dictated by fearFear dictated the relative performance of all financial assets - bonds, equities and currencies, over the last month. Investors increasingly took on a fight or flight mode.

(2012-04-01) Building efficiency and ethical investing.Equity markets have enjoyed their best first quarter since the boom years of the late 1990s. Our pick for the Ethical/Renewable Energy Portfolio this month is driven by the fact that in the quest to turn back carbon emission, it would appear that building energy efficiency comes high up the order.

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